Portland, Oregon

Choosing to put a loved one into a care facility, whether that be an around-the-clock nursing home or a semi-independent assisted living facility, is a difficult and emotional process. For some it may be a relief that an aging loved one […]

A Center for Public Integrity (CPI) analysis of nursing home data from more than 10,000 nursing homes across the U.S. came to a familiar conclusion recently: a high degree of inaccuracy of self-reported data. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

Oregon officials substantiated 3,650 complaints of abuse against the elderly and disabled last year. That’s the most elder abuse complaints logged since 2010—and a 30% increase from 2012. The 2013 annual report from the Oregon Office of Adult Abuse Prevention […]

Many elderly adults are vulnerable to abuse in their own homes, in relatives’ homes, and even in facilities where trained staff are responsible for their care. Abuse can be obvious, like with physical abuse and injury, or not as obvious, […]

Many elderly adults are vulnerable to abuse in their own homes, in relatives’ homes, and even in facilities where trained staff are responsible for their care. When nursing home staff are overworked and pushed to the breaking point in terms […]

Understaffed, under-regulated assisted living facilities have been caught using dangerous processes to meet residency goals. Watch Life and Death in Assisted Living on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. The facility was dangerously understaffed, and went to great lengths to cover […]

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